Urban3 Analytical Methodology: Why Value Per Acre?

Urban3’s analytic method focuses on the “Per Acre” analytic as a unit of productivity. After all, cities and counties are finite areas of land, and how that land is used has a direct effect on municipal coffers. This metric normalizes overall revenues and tax values into a direct comparison, utilizing land consumed as a unit of productivity.

Buncombe County Top 30 Landowners

A May 2017 article in the Asheville Citizen-Times listed the top 30 landowners in Buncombe County by acreage and value. But these numbers do not give a complete picture of the true value of these holdings to the county.